Peter Colvin Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 We are about to go on a 3month tour in our Motorhome and would like some advice on getting from Italy 🇮🇹 to Greece 🇬🇷 by ferry any hints and recommendations appreciated. Peter & Jane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtravel Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 Ports of departure: Venice, Ancona, Brindisi and Bari. Arrival ports Igoumenitsa or Patras. I don't know when you will leave but keep in mind that in this period it will be difficult for you to find a place. Anek Line has the "camping on board" option which means you can sleep on the camper and have connection to the EHU. Like many Italians, for reservations I rely on the very reliable Spyros Dimitrakakis (Oreo Travel - Oreo Group) Tel: +30 2831 0 25169 Fax: +30 2831 100352 Mobile: +30 6932 549747 ( WhatsApp ) Mobile: +39 347 0612442 ( Italian WhatsApp ) Email: spyros@islandcrete.com Email 2: spyros60@otenet.gr Website: www.islandcrete.com Skype: spyros.dimitrakakis I think he speaks English but I'm not sure. Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onecal Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 Hi Great advise from "mtravel" would is it wise to go there at the moment with the very high temperatures and wild fires  Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtravel Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 17 minutes ago, onecal said: Hi Great advise from "mtravel" would is it wise to go there at the moment with the very high temperatures and wild fires  Regards We will leave tomorrow morning for Greece. Outward journey via Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and North Macedonia with one or two-day stops in their respective capitals. Return with Anek Lines (camping on board) from Patras to Brindisi (with a stopover in Igoumenitsa which could be the port where we will board the ship. Fires worry me more than the heat. But even in southern Italy the situation is worrying. Returning to the heat, it has eased a bit in the last few days, let's hope it continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laimeduck Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 1 hour ago, mtravel said: We will leave tomorrow morning for Greece. Outward journey via Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and North Macedonia with one or two-day stops in their respective capitals. Return with Anek Lines (camping on board) from Patras to Brindisi (with a stopover in Igoumenitsa which could be the port where we will board the ship. Fires worry me more than the heat. But even in southern Italy the situation is worrying. Returning to the heat, it has eased a bit in the last few days, let's hope it continues. Max I would be interested in details of your route and overnight stops if possible please. We are planning to go to Slovenia and Croatia in September, and unlike our trip in 2015, our insurer this year will cover us for Bosnia and Serbia, (but not North Macedonia). I last went to Bosnia (then Yugoslavia) in about 1965ish in a Bedford Dormobile and remember we were stopped on a road near Jajce by a group of people in National costume with a horse drawn caravan with a large bear on a chain leading them ... we had to give them a pack of cigarettes to pass! (They turned out to be really quite friendly ..... but we didn't know that at the time!) I have the episode on cine film. Jeremy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtravel Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 12 minutes ago, laimeduck said: Max I would be interested in details of your route and overnight stops if possible please. This is the simplified itinerary (almost all highway from Italy to Greece): Trieste Fernetti (Italy-Slovenia border) Ljubljana Bregana (Slovenia-Croatia border) Zagreb Batrovci (Croatia-Serbia border) Belgrade Miratovac-Tabanovce (Serbia-North Macedonia border) Skopje Evnozoi (North Macedonia-Greece border) I have a list of areas and campsites on the way to Greece. It makes no sense to publish them now, if they are of interest I will do it after having personally verified them. Strange that your insurance doesn't include North Macedonia. Mine does and I believe these are international agreements. Instead, it excludes Albania and the Kosovar region of Serbia, to tell the truth its borders are not very clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laimeduck Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 Thanks Max - I'll be interested to see your stop offs as and when. I was wrong! I was last in Bosnia in 1962!, Screenshots of Bear blocking our path and Caravans and the unmade main highway near Jajce on our way down to Dubrovnik. If I remember correctly the only metalled road in those days was the Autoput down to Belgrade (now the E70) most other roads were gravel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onecal Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 Just looking at the news Fires are a major problem at the moment Hopefully you will meet with an improving situation. Fabulous shots Jeremy. Bon voyage and safe travels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirou Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 For Slovenia this might be of use https://camperstop.si/en/home/ Croatia is really touchy and strict when it comes to any sort of over night stays (at least during the main season and in the usual tourist areas)Â You do not want to sleep outside campsites unless you're somewhere very remote and leave early. But with so many campsites around I wouldn't bother. Bosnia, Kosovo, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia ...nobody cares much but again, there's plenty of semi(official) options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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